Entrepreneurship (master's two years)

The Master's programme Entrepreneurship is a two-year full time study consisting of 120 ECTS credits.

The programme has two tracks, one at the University of Oslo that is taught in English, and the other at The Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen that is taught in Norwegian.

Note that there will be no admission to the Bergen track in 2019.

The programme taught at the University of Oslo has the following structure:

• Mandatory courses, 80 ECTS credits
• Elective course, 10 ECTS credits
• Master's thesis, 30 ECTC credits

• Master's thesis

• ENT4400 – Corporate Innovation Strategies and Project Management
  
• ENT4460 – Corporate Entrepreneurship Project
• ENT5100 – Methods and Topics in Entrepreneurship Research

• ENT4350 – Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing
• ENT4340 – Managing New Venture Growth
• ENT4360 – Student Venture Creation Project

• ENT4000 – Business Creation
• ENT4050 – Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership
• ENT4330 – Entrepreneurial Finance
• ENT4070 – Entrepreneurial Opportunity Evaluation

This Master's programme is an interactive full-time study that requires consistent participation in both lectures and group projects throughout the semester with significant amount of group work and in-class activities. Thus in most courses, attendance of the lectures is mandatory, which means that you will need to attend at least 80 percent of all the lectures in each class in order to pass the course.

Each semester has an overriding theme where the courses reinforce each other in order to develop a better link between theory and practice and to offer an overall coherent programme:

Four courses in parallel providing the foundations of entrepreneurship. Each course is evaluated both on individual performance and on group performance. The student groups are the same for all four courses and last for the entire semester serving as an active learning arena for learning about team work and team leadership. In addition, in order to further develop your field of expertise from your bachelor’s degree, you are required to take one elective master course within natural sciences, technology or medical sciences.

Two courses and a student venture creation project organized in parallel for the entire semester focusing on the challenges of starting and growing a new company. The courses focus on practical sales and marketing as well as managing new company growth. In the venture creation project student groups operating as founding teams are encouraged to try to develop their own start-up project in collaboration with a local incubator. The student groups must qualify to enter. Those who don’t qualify will work as an intern in an existing start-up company.

Two courses and a corporate entrepreneurship project within a medium to larger local firm organized in parallel throughout the semester. The course on Corporate Innovation Strategy and Project Management covers topics in corporate entrepreneurship both strategically and operationally. The corporate entrepreneurship project serves as an active learning arena for this course. The course on Methods and Topics in Entrepreneurship Research covers qualitative and quantitative research methods and relevant topics in entrepreneurial research. This course serves as an introduction to academic research as well as a preparation for writing the master's thesis in the fourth semester.

Individual master's thesis. You can write your master thesis on the topic you are the most passionate about. Write it alone, in groups, or in collaboration with a company. Read more about the Master thesis in Entrepreneurship, procedures and deadlines here.